barry batchelor Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Anybody have any suggestions on building a drying wheel? any help would be greatly apprecitated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobP Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Do a search on "drying wheel" while looking at the hardbaits main page and you'll get several threads on the subject. I use a small dryer powered by a 4 rpm AC stepper motor that holds 6 bass lures. Built it from a piece of 1/2" shelving, a 1/2" dowel for the axle, with small pieces of 1/8" dowel dowel for the spokes and alligator clips stuck on the spokes. A proper size screw inserts in the motor and is epoxied into the axle. Pretty simple. Most guys favor 4-8 rpm motors. One from a barbecue rotisserie is also a good choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishPork Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 BBQ rotisserie has worked well for me.The only thing Ive changed from what Ive seen here is I took the prongs facing each other and about 2 inches down from the point bent 90 degree angles outward. Then I took aligator clips and simply crimped them over the points.I use drilled hobby knife handles to attach the lures because I rarely ever touch my baits after primering with my bare hands.Also, a 110 volt variable light switch works well for adjusting the rpms. Hope you can get a visual of what I said? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z? Zuanon Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 In This link you can see my drying weel. I',m brasilian and it writing in portuguese. Any questions I can try to explain in english. Is a topic in a brasilian fishing forum. http://www.caterva.com.br/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13030 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bman Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Here's mine. It's a rotisserie hlods up to 8 baits per block, additional blocks can be added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskiefool Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Heres what I have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lure--Prof Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Here's mine. It's a rotisserie hlods up to 8 baits per block, additional blocks can be added. Mine is similar to this one. I have 2 round center blocks holding 8 parallel dowels each with alligator clips on the ends; this way I can attach hemostats at 2 points with the clips. I also hold cranks by the lip by clipping the alligator clip to a spring clip that has rubber covered jaws to clip to the lure lip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeter jones Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Mine is similar to the one pictured as well. I went to wal-mart for the rotissary (20.00) I went to ace hardware to get some 3/8 set collars to hold the shaft in place on the end. I cut out a 6" DIA. circle with 3/4 " plastic(wood will work as well) I have access to a welder so I welded a set collar to a large diameter fender washer. I drilled two holes in the fender washer to screw this part onto the wheel. I made six holes for my pegs. I found a cheap tool place that had some exacto knife kits for .75 cents each, and that is what I'm using for lure holders. Some of the lures have a bigger dia wire. I bought some small clamps that have the red plastic coating on them and cut the cupped end off the bottom...This is at the end you squeeze to open the clamp.. I now have a flat surface that will go into the exacto knife. I dont have a camera or I would send pictures. I also made my base a solid piece of wood in case I want to mount it to a wall. I can add a lot of wheels to this set up. I also left about a inch of the short rod hanging out of the frame and attached the fork that comes with the rotissery kit. I could put a piece of foam on it to dry jigs or flies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtlegs Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 I was in need of an oven to bake my powder coated jigs, and I came up with something better. So I got a rotisserie from my aunt and am going to use it. I am going to put a switch on the heating element so I can turn it off and just use the rotisserei for a drying wheel then when I want to bake the jigs I can turn on the heating element and bake them. -Trey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spare tire Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 this is mine, works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
